On target for people and planet

Alison Binney · Posted on

On Target for People and Planet: Setting and Achieving Water-Related Sustainable was written and produced for the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) while I was working as a senior science communicator for Econnect Communication.

I worked with managers and researchers from the IWMI and the institute’s partners to write the 56-page booklet. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of goals to end poverty and hunger and sustain the environment.

On Target for People and Planet: Setting and Achieving Water-Related Sustainable Development Goals was written and produced for the International Water Management Institute. Published in 2014
On Target for People and Planet: Setting and Achieving Water-Related Sustainable Development Goals was written and produced for the International Water Management Institute. Published in 2014

The objectives of the booklet are to:

  • inform the people designing the SDGs of up-to-date scientific methods that can help countries set, measure and monitor national targets to achieve water-related SDGs
  • make countries aware of recent insights and research results which could help them achieve water-related SDGs.

As manager of the project, my role included:

  • liaising with the client based in The Netherlands
  • allocating chapters to staff
  • reading source material
  • interviewing researchers and partners
  • writing the text
  • sourcing images
  • seeking approval for all content
  • copyediting
  • designing and laying out the booklet.